Hey Daniellawidget,
Are you sure the story mentioned on FB was a Spuffy one? The only Fic I ever encountered that mix 'The Gift' and 'Normal Again' is 'Normal is Just a Word' by Slaymesoftly. I haven't read it yet so I can't be completely certain this is the one.
Summary: A human Buffy wakes up in a mental hospital after her dive off Glory's tower. She recovers her sanity and begins to build a life in the real world. But is it real?
Could be considered season six and seven (or even season five at the beginning and for a time it is AH), but I call it AU because there's some ambiguity about which world is real. The premise is what if Buffy really was delusional and eventually recovers her sanity enough to leave the mental hospital and begin her life anew? Can she really shake off the responsibilities of the slayer that easily? Not a particularly fluffy fic by the end. Just so you know....
I'm not using warnings because I'm afraid they will scare readers away. I will warn that the story is very ambiguous as to which world is real, and there is some angst and drama eventually, as well as an ending that is even more ambiguous. I leave it up to the reader to decide for themselves how they want to interpret the ending.
Here on
TSR, on
EF,
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FF.net,
AO3 and the
BSV.