24 parts Ongoing MatureWhen the England Lionesses arrive in the U.S. to train for their highly anticipated match against the U.S. National Team, Leah Williamson, Arsenal and England captain, is focused on one thing: preparation. For her composure, leadership, and loyalty keeps her emotions in check both on and off the pitch. But a chance encounter with a six-year-old fan, Riggs, and his independent mother, Evelyn Grant, shakes her carefully constructed world.
Evelyn, a 21-year-old nursing student juggling work and motherhood, never imagined a football match could change her life. When Leah gets a slight knock during the game and Riggs is eager to meet the captain, the brief, world-rocking interaction between Evelyn and Leah leaves both women questioning their paths. Evelyn, who has kept romance on the back burner for years, is drawn to Leah's confidence and warmth. Leah, navigating the pressures of leadership and her own closed-off heart, finds herself unable to forget Evelyn.
As their worlds meet during Leah's time in the States, a connection begins to grow-fragile but full of possibility. But with the Euros looming and Evelyn's demanding life at home, the possibility of love seems to dwindle down to hope...leaving both of them fragile.
