or there will not be a speaker until the next congress, which is in 14 months.
That is not a possibility. That is a completely impossible scenario for a large variety of reasons.
But there is virtually no chance that democrats and a handful of Republicans are going to get to decide the speaker this term.
There is a very significant chance. Cross party coalitions are a very common thing in state legislatures. And even Republicans are getting totally fed up with the anti-American neofascists in their party.