With your father's death, you fell into the troublemaker kid stereotype - committing petty crimes here and there, getting involved with the wrong people and using what you shouldn't do all your adolescence. Lucky for you, you were quite close to your late father's best friend, Jim Hopper, the chief of Hawkins, always letting you get away with it.

One night, your mother got tired of your late returns and closed the entire house, leaving you with no options but to knock on Jim's door in the middle of the night, cold while smoking a cigarette.