"You're fine, kid," Hopper answers. "I'd rather you come here than wandering around or getting wasted in some shit bar where you might make an even bigger mistake."

That's something Hopper knows about very well, something he doesn't want Steve to ever have to deal with.

"Lemme ask you something," he says. "You say trying to change her mind would be pretty shitty, which it would be. But would you really want to have a family with someone you'd had to talk into it?"