most iconic artem-isms (yes, these are all canon)
sipping his coffee to hide his blush, not realizing the cup was already empty
counting the number of wrinkles in his shirt when ironing it
having an empty photo frame on his desk. like, seriously. it was just straight up empty.
drawing the same cartoon pumpkin over and over for weeks to prep drawing one for rosa.
in high school, he buried the love letters he received in the school's garden because he felt bad about rejecting them, but also didn't want to accept them either. this obviously did not end well.
his high school teacher thought he was being bullied because he was so bad at making friends at his new school
becoming tormented by a record player for hours on end because a random customer claimed it was out of tune.
renting a whole ass rv to ensure he didn't overstep his boundaries by sharing a room with rosa
unwinding and destroying his own sweater so he could use its thread to comfort rosa at night during a power outage
going off on a random tangent about gender roles and how one shouldn't be defined by their gender
a mocktail enthusiast. a single drop of actual alcohol is enough to land him passed out on the floor and near tears
him practicing posing against a wall because of. uh. reasons?
carrying around multiple water bottles "just in case" ... also for reasons.
has spent several minutes staring at and editing his messages to rosa before deciding not to send anything
bought and wore a cowboy outfit when traveling to a western themed town when he didn't have to do that, like, at all.
a wardrobe full of turtlenecks and suits. he only gets some variety once he starts dating rosa.
searching up "funny humor jokes" online and scaring the everliving shit out of everyone at work the next morning
also the blatantly obvious: needing a romance advice book and needing his boss to wingman for him. his solo attempts ended in incoherent mumbling. the advice book also ended in disaster. so honestly the only reason why he managed to get with rosa in the first place is because of celestine. everyone say thank you celestine.