Alternatives to these phrases?

Hey! While writing a fic I'm working on for Camp NaNoWriMo, I noticed whenever my main character is teased or embarrassed around her love interest the only way I seem to make her show it is by having her blush and/or her heart beating faster. These are fine, but I feel like I'm using them way too much an it's making my writing boring... Any suggestions on alternatives I could use? Thanks! <3

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Lavenderclouds #1 Jul 20, 2015 21:55:27

Some good ways to show this is with:
Stuttering
Mumbling a response
Looking away from the love interest
Making a small noise is also often used as well as a loss of speech

Hope it helps ^^

amanda_m_mercado #2 Jul 20, 2015 20:35:53

Flustered. Embarrassed XD

Lovex2254 #3 Jul 20, 2015 20:12:23

Alts for blush: flushed, could feel their cheeks turning scarlet, a warmth spread across their cheeks

Alts for heart beating faster: their heart raced, their pulse was rising, could feel their heart pounding away in their chest

Alt reactions:
- biting their lip (in anticipation or nervousness or embarrassment)
- fidling with a necklace or a ring subtly in order to busy their hands
- rocking back and forth on their heels
- turning away in embarrassment (extra points with that weird little uncomfortable laugh people do sometimes)
- grinning wildly and quickly looking away
- eyes darting around trying to look at anything but the person in front of them
- stuttering/being unable to answer

Hope these help!