When the public learns about a football team's mistreatment of their cheerleaders, activists in Detroit take action and form a picket line. Led by a fiery redhead named Erin, their only ask of the team is that they take accountability for their actions. Lucas is a part of the Michigan Merlin's defense and gets caught in the crossfire of the protest when he takes the bait from a raucous picketer. Tension turns into heat between the two of them when Lucas learns that he might have picked the wrong side to fight for. Lucas and Erin's lives as they know it come crashing down around them faster than you can say "picket line." Will they end up picking up the pieces together, or will the turbulence extinguish their flames once and for all? Tropes in On the Defense:
- Enemies to Lovers
- Opposites Attract
- Slow Burn
- He Falls First
- Sports Romance