"She was too cool for you," Hopper answers, even though he doesn't know the girl in question and he's pretty sure Steve was always considered one of the cool guys in school. It's just a fact of like. Women in general are too cool for men, because men are idiots. Hopper is a damn idiot and he well knows it.

"Especially if you let her see you in your uniform," he adds. "C'mon, I'll get you a shirt. I- shit. Beverly."

He huffs out a breath and says, "I got a kid living here with me. Beverly. She's a good kid. You'll probably fit one of her shirts."