This one shot was inspired by a cute scene I saw on Criminal Minds. If you know the show, then you know where I got this idea from. I'm remaking the scene between Hotch and his son Jack on the Halloween episode, only this time it's going to be Toby and his son Blake. Spencer is not dead in this story. I just wanted to write something about Toby and his son, so here it is.

Seven-year-old Blake kept rocking back and forth on his feet while watching the cookies bake in the oven. Earlier today, Blake baked those cookies with his mom and dad. Spencer got called into work this morning, so it looks like Blake will be spending Halloween with his father. That's totally okay with him. Blake loves to spend time with his dad. Blake thinks his dad is the coolest person ever with the coolest job. Blake likes to be able to go to school and tell the other kids that his daddy is a police officer. Blake watched the timer on the stove and counted down from 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1...Beep!

"Daddy! They're finished!" Blake shouted through the kitchen.

Toby walked out into the kitchen while trying to fix the tie on his uniform. That's right, Toby still works as a police officer. He's actually really good at his job. His wife, Spencer Cavanaugh, is working as a journalist. Spencer has also grown to like Toby working as an officer. She admires how he's always going out there risking his own life to save people. Sure she will always miss him working as a carpenter. No matter what job Toby has, Spencer will always be proud of him. After Charles was unmasked and locked up in prison, the girls graduated high school and moved far away from Rosewood. Spencer ended up going to college in Montana. The girls still keep in touch with each other and make time to visit each other. During Spencer's 2nd year in college, Toby and Spencer had a little slip up at some party. Spencer got pregnant and gave birth to Blake on April 4th, 2018. Toby and Spencer got married that summer and they've been living happily together ever since.

Toby walked over to his son and ruffled his honey colored hair.

"Okay, let me get them out of the oven."

"Then we can decorate them, right?"

"Not so fast, buddy. They have to cool down first."

Toby opened up the oven door and took the cookies out. He set the trays down on cooling racks then closed the oven.

"How long do they need to cool off for?" Blake asked.

"Oh, an hour or two."

"An hour! That's a long time."

Toby chuckled and patted his son on the head, "Why don't we go watch some cartoons then come back and check on them, okay?"

"Okay."

They walked into the family room and sat down on their big tan couch. Toby picked up the remote and switched on the TV.

"What cartoon do you want to watch?" Toby asked.

"Tom and Jerry!" Blake exclaimed.

"Alright."

Toby chuckled and changed it to Tom and Jerry. Blake is a lot like Toby when he was a kid. His favorite cartoon was Tom and Jerry too. He and his mother used to watch it together on Saturday mornings. An hour and thirty minutes passed by. Blake asked if they could decorate the cookies now. Sure enough, the cookies were cool enough to start decorating. They decorated half of the cookies as orange pumpkins and the other half as black cats. After they finished the cookies, Toby told Blake to go get dressed for school. While Blake got dressed, Toby sat up the black pumpkin on the kitchen table. It's getting pretty late. Blake has to get to school soon and Toby needs to be at work by 10.

"Hey Blake, you ready? We gotta go."

Blake ran out from his bedroom wearing his light gray t-shirt and blue jeans. Toby looked at Blake and noticed he wasn't wearing his Halloween costume for costume day at school.

"Hey, wears the costume?"

"It's itchy," Blake said.

"Did you try the long sleeves on underneath?"

"I don't want to be Spiderman anymore."

That shocked Toby a little. Blake has been going on none stop for months about wanting to be Spiderman for Halloween. Spencer even made a costume for him and everything. Toby wasn't about to get mad at him though. If he doesn't want to be Spiderman anymore, that's fine. Spencer will probably be okay with whoever he decides to be.

"Well, you'll have to make up your mind by tonight, alright?"

Blake nodded and said, "Okay."

"Okay," Toby said. "You did a good job on the cookies."

"Teamwork, right?" Blake said while sticking his thumbs up.

"Right," I said and gave him a high five.

After we high-fived, Blake stared at me for a long time. I knew he wanted to ask me for a cookie. I just smiled and waited for him to ask.

"Can I have one?" He asked with a cute little smile.

"You want a cookie?"

He nodded.

"Can I have a cookie?" I teased.

Once again, Blake nodded. I smiled and reached for one of the cookies to hand him.

"What do you want, black cat or pumpkin?"

"Black cat," he said.

"Black cat, good choice."

I handed him the cookie and watched him take a big bite. He smiled at me and I smiled back. Once he finished his cookie, I stood up to my natural height, took his hand, and led him out to the car.

Later that night

Toby waited in the family room for Blake to finish putting his Halloween costume together. Blake decided that he wants to surprise his dad with who he's dressing up as. Spencer managed to get home early from work and got home just in time to see Blake's costume. They both asked if they could help Blake, but he said he wanted to do it on his own. He's such a big boy.

"Dad, don't look at me," Blake said.

"I'm not looking, you almost ready?"

"Yes."

"Do you need any help?"

"No."

"Okay."

After a long pause, Blake stepped out into the living room. Toby looked over and saw his son wearing a little police officer uniform. He was surprised and thrilled to see him dressed up as a policeman. Spencer, who was leaning against the kitchen doorframe smiled.

"That is definitely not Spiderman," Toby said while putting his hands on his hips.

"He's not a real superhero," Blake said.

"He's not?" Toby acted surprised. "Okay, I give up. Who are you supposed to be?"

Blake looked over at his mommy for a second then turned his gaze back on his daddy.

He smiled a big toothy smile and said, "I'm you daddy."

Toby felt a warm feeling in his heart. His eyes started to water. Toby looked at his soon as he stood there smiling at his daddy with so much pride in the little boys eyes. Spencer was standing off to the side trying not to cry. Her little boy wants to be just like his daddy. That is so sweet. Toby smiled and walked over to hug his son. Spencer took something off the coat rack and walked over to his son. She kneeled down beside her two favorite men.

"Don't forget one important thing," She said while putting Toby's police hat on her son's head.

Blake smiled and said, "thanks, mommy."

Toby picked up his son and held him on his hip. Blake leaned his head on Toby's shoulder.

"Let's go get some candy," Toby said. "Are you my little G-man."

Toby walked out the door with Blake curled up in his arms. Spencer continued to smile and followed her little men out the door. Toby is defiantly the perfect father. Spencer can't wait to tell him tonight that she's pregnant again.

Aw! I thought this scene on Criminal Minds was so cute and now that Toby's a cop I thought that this would be a cute idea to write, so I did it. Let me know what you think! Thanks for reading. *kisses*