I'll tell you a secret only few people know: Great art doesn't have to be angsty. You'll see a lot more strong tragedies than memorable comedies, in any genre, but that's not because tragedies are inherently more powerful stories. It's because it's easier to make a deep, impacting story if you have bad things happening in it. It's easier to make an interesting drawing with dark colors. Metallica made their career on songs with negative subject matter because, I'm quoting an interview here, it's much harder to write meaningfully on uplifting topics.
So I suggest you do that. Write something that cuts to the heart of the reader without using any sharp edges. Show them how it's done.
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