Story-Telling Unit: Character Analysis for "The Meeting"

In this post, I will briefly describe the two major characters that will appear in my short film "The Meeting."
The first character is a teenage male called Lucas. Lucas has no job, no money, no friends and is about to lose his home due to lack of rent payments.
He is a guy that has not had much luck in life, and slowly feels the weight of the world crushing him. Although to other people, the thought of committing suicide may seem like an overly dramatic, almost cowardly thing to do under the circumstances, Lucas feels like he has been dealt a bad hand in life- almost like he has no control over the way it has turned out, or the way it is going. Thus, the decision to end his own life is not only a way to escape the pressures he is under, but also a way of finally taking back some control and making a massive choice that he and only he can decide upon. Because of this, he believes the idea of committing suicide is perfectly justified.
The second character I have created for this story is a young female character called Jess. In the story, Jess will be the character that manages to convince Lucas to actually not be so hasty about his decision to kill himself, and also to try and help him repair his life. I have chosen to make this supporting character a young female after some suggestions from my class-mates. Initially, I had no idea of what gender to make the two characters in this film. However, after some discussion, I decided that I would like to explore the possible relationships between a male lead character, and a female character attempting to "save him."
I believe this would be a very interesting dynamic, as well as an opportunity to go against the typical Hollywood storyline of a "strong male character saving a damsel in distress."

I want to expand upon these characters in my script even further.