Should I be worried about awkwardness?

Two months ago I started dating one of my guy friends. We weren’t super close prior to dating, had only been friends for around five months, and were still getting to know each other, but it just organically happened as we grew closer. Everything has been great and he’s treated me better than anyone I’ve ever dated. I’d like to think I’ve reciprocated this and we’ve both been very clear about our feelings and intentions.

However, over the past few weeks it’s felt slightly awkward whenever we’re together, like we’re actively having to think of things to talk about and conversations sometimes stagnate really quickly. I’ve noticed this is more of an issue when we’re chilling at home rather than out on dates, but I feel that should be when we’re most ourselves with each other.

It’s bothering me as we never used to be like this and pretty much always had something to ramble on about. I asked about how he was feeling and whether he was still as engaged in the relationship and he assured me he felt the same and like nothing had changed. However, it’s now getting to a point where I feel a bit on edge prior to seeing him in case it’s awkward. I’m also conscious that we shouldn’t be like this after two months of dating, and it’s making me worry we don’t have enough in common or enough emotional chemistry, even though we have a lot of overlapping interests and views.

Everything else is fine in terms of physical chemistry and keeping in touch when we’re apart, although our text conversations can also sometimes feel a bit dry. I don’t know if it’s something I should be concerned about, but I really want to make it work. How’s best to tackle this?