Domestic disturbances had the possibility of carrying some pretty severe injuries. Although Ryan had never been on the scene of one himself, wives and husbands were often brought into the ER and he had seen everything from stab wounds, to crushed vocal cords and even a poisoning one time. Travis should have considered himself lucky that he had only taken a frying pan to the head because it could have been much worse. “Did they get her for assault?” Ryan asked, curious. The Boston PD would haven't been doing their job if they would have left the scene without taking the wife in. “Sorry she got you, though,” he said, sincere as he continued to inspect the wound.

Gently, Ryan squeezed both ends of the wound together, seeing if the skin would join together. “I don't think so,” he chuckled in response, although he had picked up on that small slip. “You'll do fine with some liquid stitches. No bald spot, no deal breaker.” He hadn't thought that Travis was gay, but obviously it was true that a person learned something new every day.

Picking up another pad of gauze, Ryan placed it over the wound. “Hold that on there for me, and I'll be right back.” The nurses were busy, and the dark-haired doctor didn't mind getting the necessary tools together to close Travis's wound. Once that was dealt with, he could check for a concussion but he was pretty sure that the EMT was going to be okay. Quickly, he slipped behind the curtain after tossing his gloves and went to collect a few things for the short procedure.

All of five minutes later, Ryan had returned and he set the tray with the stitches and extra cleaning supplies on the gurney beside Travis. “Are you having any kind of nausea or dizziness?” he asked, donning a new pair of gloves, “any ringing in your ears, double vision or seeing stars? How's your balance?” Ryan didn't mean to fire off his questions so rapidly, he was just used to getting in and getting to the point. He exercised care when brushing aside Travis's hair again and began to place the liquid stitches over the wound on the other man's head. They would dissolve over a period of a few days and would keep everything clean to promote healing.