...in Mass Effect 2? For example: if my character is romantically involved with Ashley Williams, and she is tragically lost on a certain mission that shall remain nameless, does Mass Effect 2 recognize that? I know ME2 would recognize that she died, but would it also recognize that my character loved her? Would ME2 make a somewhat special case for her, taking my character's relationship with her into account?

I'm asking because I think it would be amazing to have such a tragic (yet admittedly cliche) twist on my character's storyline, but I might not allow her to die if it doesn't even matter in ME2.

If ME2 doesn't exactly allow my character to grieve, does it at least allow him to feel somewhat bad about what happened on that nameless mission?