My boyfriend and I have been together for about 2 yrs we have a pretty good relationship over all but we have always had 1 consistent problem and that is how much we communicate with one another. I usually lean back and let him initiate majority of the time because I don’t want to smother him but he’ll start to back off because he feels like he’s doing all the work and all the initiating. I’ll then further lean back because I feel like maybe he just needs space to bounce back but then he’ll start to only give short replies and become irritated. I obviously want to hear more from him as well but I don’t want to smother him. Last time we fought he complained about my lack of calling him and when I did start he rarely ever picked up, so I just stopped. This time around he again started to give short replies like “haha” or “nice” so I just drop the conversation. But he then started to get annoyed at me. I know it’s a stressful time for him he’s been quarantined at home for a little bit and he’s in the medical field so it probably takes a toll on his mental health plus we are long distance right now. But I’m just confused as to what to do? How can I resolve this issue and support him at the same time.