It started with her, "My baby boy." And she used to bounce him on her knee when he was just a toddler. He'd always figured that this was just how it would always be.
"My little sunshine." She'd coo as she played outside with him even if they got messier from the dirt and grass than his father would like them to, but Emilie Agreste was a force to be reckoned with at times, so Adrien had little moments like these to remember.
"Mommy, do other kids have moms like you?" Adrien asked one day, practically falling asleep in her arms, and yet still curious. Chloe's mom seemed so different, and Adrien just wanted to know if she was just as sweet and affectionate as his mother was whenever Adrien wasn't playing with Chloe.
"Sometimes." Emilie smiled, "Don't worry too much about it, Pumpkin. Your love could light up the world if you let it." She'd pulled him closer, and Adrien had stared up at her wide eyed.
He liked being her pumpkin or her little sunshine or her baby boy even though he often felt like he was much too old to be called baby boy anymore, but he still loved hearing that sweet nickname of hers for him.
"Okay, goodnight, Mommy." Adrien had curled up on her lap and fell fast asleep. Even though it wasn't night for a little while yet, he felt like he should say it like that as he was falling asleep.
"Goodnight, my little kitty." His mother cooed, and Adrien figured that cats had to be so, so sweet for his mother to call him one. Adrien had never had any pets, but his mother always had the sweetest nicknames for him or so he'd tell anyone who would listen to him that she did.