Keeping track of time is strange in a place that doesn't feel quite right. Things have been even more strange than normal, everything coming and going in curious ways, and the last week or two has been the worst of it. But Steve keeps a small, self-made calendar (he doesn't trust to buy something from this place, which might change), and he trusts his internal clock for the hours, and he marks the passage of days that let him know that the day is right.

Bucky has been around, much more than he was. Steve appreciates that. He doesn't want to keep Bucky, but he needs to keep an eye on him. He's not a spy, like Bucky or Natasha, so having Bucky let himself in and out of the space just feels right.

Based off his best estimations of the date, today is Bucky's birthday. He's not sure where Bucky is at the moment, but he's fairly certain that Bucky's going to come back, and he's left a note at his flat just in case, to let him know, as well as a couple other places he knows that Bucky might frequent around town. And, back at his own place, Steve intends to try and make dinner to celebrate.

After returning to Deerington from the Hotel, the strange storm lifting to reveal this curious place that feels strangely out of time from the world he's known for the past few years, Steve's not sure what to expect. He starts keeping a calendar--not one that he can buy at the store, because he doesn't trust anything like that, but instead marking off the days as they pass to the regularity of his body that hasn't failed him since he got the serum. He keeps a schedule. He has to.

This is how he finds the first body, just outside the city limits. Out for a run, and Steve comes across what was once a body, and his stomach turns a little bit. He's not entirely sure what to think. By the time he has the good sense to head back into town to go to Hart Mart and purchase a shovel and head back to the body, it's gone. All he can hope is someone else had the same idea.

So he keeps moving, now with the shovel in tow. Just in case.