Over the years, you find out about everything thats been going on. Accepting the risk was extremely bad, as you die in 1987, trying to protect Holly and Karen Wheeler from the Demogorgon. (IDEA FROM TIKTOK, NOT MY STORY!!)
Steve had a crush on you in middle school when you were popular and he was a loser. Then he got popular in highschool and saved you from a bunch of stuff.