At his own pace

Hello Hivers!

Happy week everyone. It's been a while since I've joined one of these Freewriters community mini-fiction writing challenges, the Zapfic.

So here's my entry for this week's ZapficMonday theme Pace.

He turns off the alarm and jumps out of bed. He stops in the toilet and washes his face.
He makes coffee, pours it into his favorite mug, and looks out the window towards the mountains.
He smiles, ready to start a new day at his own pace.

If you want to join the fun, please follow the rules

Please post to the Freewriters Community.
Please post a link to your entry in the comments section of this post
Please use #freewritehouse and #zapfic tags.
YOU MUST use a word/character counter (if you search for word counter on the internet or in your phone's app store you will get a big choice!) wordcounter.net and include a screenshot. Entries without a screenshot will NOT be valid
Please use the prompt provided as you see fit (use your imagination)
Try to tell a complete story if you can!
The story should only be 240 characters long (including spaces)

Thank you very much for reading!