Chris is an eager-to-impress suburban teenager whose life revolves around soccer, friends, and the quiet ache of wanting to belong. After befriending June, the charming senior and varsity team captain, Chris is pulled into a new world—but when a season-ending injury lands Chris on opiate painkillers, the lines between healing and hiding begin to blur. Even after physically recovering, Chris keeps using—partly to dull the pain, partly to stay connected to June. Hoping to impress him, Chris offers to share his pills, a secret he hides from everyone, including June’s younger sister, Sofia. But one night, June takes it further, giving Chris something stronger. Space Cowboy is a raw, atmospheric coming-of-age story about addiction, masculinity, and the cost of silence. Set in the heart of suburban youth, it explores the blurred lines between admiration and dependence, grief and guilt—and what it truly means to come clean.
