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Also, I am riddled with shame since an academic failure of this sort is a new experience for me, so I need to fill up my schedule for the next 6 months so I don't spiral. How will I ever fit in with my peers anymore, though? Is this year-back situation normal/ common? Surely this won't completely ruin my career/ internship prospects, will it?
First off, make sure that you absolutely kill it in every possible subject next year. I got a nearly full GPA in the next semester, and that clearly helped. You have to use that to build a believable narrative so as to say that while you had to take some time off due to a certain emergency, your command on the grades reflects that there could not have been an academic reason for this.
Then, just make sure that whenever you intern and wherever you intern, you make the absolute most of it. You ought to be so good that the question of checking your marks does not arise. If you don't wait for Day Z and get a PPO recommendation from your internship, noone will care about your marks.
All the best. :)