Instead of "to be" verbs, you can use any linking verbs.
Some examples of those are:
seem,
look,
feel,
appear,
become,
grow,
prove,
smell
There are many more, but those should get you started!
Some alternative words to use instead of "he" include: they, it, the person, the individual, one.
you can use or , otherwise, or rather than.
Some words to use instead of got are Get, Gotten, Getten, have, had!
like
traitor
a or an
Instead of the phrase "freaked out", try:stunnedstartledalarmedpanicked
Alternative words to use instead of "fake" could be artificial, counterfeit, synthetic, or imitation.
You could use words like us, we, our, ourselves.
great
things.
playful?